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SLUH hosts official Go Forth launch Gala; “How do you benefactors, alumni, parents attend make God laugh? ... Make a plan.”
STUCO brings holiday cheer 12 Days of Christmas returns to SLUH
Go Forth pilgrimage postponed
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iting safety concerns following the Thursday, Nov. 15 snow day, Principal Ian Gibbons, S.J. announced the postponement of the next day’s planned celebration pilgrimage. The new date for the event, April 12, was announced this week. Gibbons and a committee of other faculty had worked for over six months to plan the Nov. 16 pilgrimage celebrating the first day of classes in 1818. The plan was to go forth—a play on the theme for the major campaign launched that evening at the Go Forth Gala— into and embrace the city that has nourished St. Louis U. High for the past 200 years. Campus Ministry still held a small, optional Mass in the Chapel in place of the day’s events. “I was kind of surprised actually. I thought that SLUH would be really adamant on this event happening and was kind of shocked when I saw the email,” said junior Kyle McEnery. “I guess it was nice to have a day off, but I was actually starting to get curious about what we would do and explore St. Louis.” The event would have been a pilgrimage where the SLUH community would walk around downtown and visit different landmarks and buildings. “I was honestly anticipating a good walk out of it. I know we were supposed to walk a lot, and I thought it would be cool to casually walk with some SLUH brothers and
Carruthers addressing guests with 18 featured students standing behind him. BY Paul Gillam EDITOR IN CHIEF
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othing spells celebration like G-A-L-A! To celebrate the public rollout of Go Forth, St. Louis U. High’s $70 million bicentennial campaign to improve scholarship, acces-
sibility, and program excellence and update the Backer Memorial to a 21st century campus, a Gala for early benefactors was hosted on Nov. 16, SLUH Day, as proclaimed by St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson. The Gala was a multi-purpose event, serv-
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ing as a celebration, thank you, and call to action. “I don’t know that we’re all that interested in ‘just another fundraiser,’” said Advancement Chief of Staff Sean Agniel, ’96. “What we think is a really compelling vision is what SLUH could
be in its third century and we wanted to celebrate the people who have already made really significant commitments to that vision and invite other people to be a part of it.” As with any capital cam-
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Retreat week: students experience poverty, brotherhood, social justice
Students on the service learning retreat. BY Thom Molen, Johno Jackson, and Peter Campbell CORE STAFF, STAFF
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hile many schools crammed in quizzes and tests before letting out continued on page 4 for Thanksgiving break, St.
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Louis U. High took a different approach to post-snow day circumstances: retreat week. With a required oneday retreat for freshmen, four retreat options for juniors, as well as opportunities for seniors, weeks of preparation
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Retrea-a-palooza Looking for something to be thankful for? How about all the SLUH students finding God on their retreats? Page 2 news
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on behalf of Campus Ministry and faculty members came to fruition over a few days of reflection, spirituality, and community. The Philia retreat, sponsored by ACES, centered around the theme of “letting
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Need actors? SLUHdents take the stage, but this time not at SLUH. Read how SLUH’s thespians take on roles at other schools. Page 7
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Wrestling opener Get ready to rumble! Wrestling season is back; team drops close meet to Hazelwood West. Page 4
your light shine.” The retreat was held at the Pallottine Renewal Center in Florissant and attended by sophomores, juniors, and seniors. It is unique among SLUH retreats in that students can attend
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XC Wrap-up The cross country’s journey to the state podium reflected upon and evaluated by players and coaches. Page 6 Sports
Another biscuit in the basket If the Blues got you down in the dumps, SLUH hockey will be sure to get you buzzing as they continue their undefeated season. Page 5
winter sports pep rally, the eggnog chug, “snowball” fights, and many more events await the students of St. Louis U. High in the STUCOsponsored 12 Days of Christmas event. Spurred by the new leadership of moderators Bradley Mueller and Megan Menne, the event will boast a set of exciting new activities as well as favored classics. 12 Days of Christmas, brand new this year, could be considered a two-and-a-half week “Christmas Spirit Week,” as each new day of class brings a different Christmas-themed event, eventually leading up to the traditional Silent Night basketball game on Dec. 20th. The event was created to bring some holiday season entertainment to each day of school during the notoriously anxiety-ridden weeks leading up to semester exams. STUCO members and moderators hope they can help students take a healthy break from their studies and enjoy the season while it lasts. “I’m looking forward to bringing a little of Christmas spirit to the hallways during this season, just because having smaller events every day, playing some Christmas music during lunch will bring a little bit of cheer to an otherwise very stressful time of the year,” said Menne. The event begins next Tuesday, Dec. 3 with a student vs. teacher “snowball fight,” followed by Chris’ Cakes before school on Wednesday, a candy-delivering belly brigade on Thursday, and an eggnog chugging contest on Friday. Each day brings something different, as STUCO is trying to include something for ev-
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Adopt-A-Family drive underway; runs until next Friday BY Ben Klevorn and Carter Fortman CORE STAFF, REPORTER
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or the next week, the St. Louis U. High community will be providing donations for families through the annual program known as Adopt-AFamily. Adopt-A-Family is a Catholic program run by St. Francis Community Services Southside; it provides local immigrant families with basic necessities for the Christmas season. Each family receives basic household items such as paper products and toiletries by default, but other family needs will also be accounted for. Families are set to receive clothes, toys, and/or gift cards. “We have needs, they have families, I’m sure we can relate with that,” said sophomore pastoral team member Erald Murati. “So, it’s just us trying to reach out and trying to make their lives, their Christmas, good because in the end we
want the same for ourselves, so why wouldn’t we help other people?” The drive started earlier this week and will run until next Friday, Dec. 7. Each homeroom has been assigned a specific family to care for and donors can sign up online via Sign Up Genius. In addition, the pastoral teams have spoken about the drive during prayer services this week. Two immigrants wrote letters to SLUH describing their family backgrounds and giving thanks to the SLUH community for supporting them. “We got one letter from a man named Daniel, and he suffered from an injury that restricts what kind of work he can do. He is a painter and that doesn’t really bring in good money,” said Murati. “Despite Daniel and his wife, Liliana, who both work, they still struggle to make ends meet for themselves and their two daughters. One of their favorite
parts of the holiday season is spending time together during Christmas Mass at St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church.” Another woman wrote about her situation as a stay-athome mom to eight kids. Her husband works as a landscaper. They are very grateful for the support shown to them by the many Catholic organizations in St. Louis that have helped them when times got tough. “We just want to make sure they have a happy holiday, and we want to make sure they have the means to do that,” said Murati. As a way to cover the costs for extra gifts, campus minister Simonie Anzalone is encouraging all students to bring in $5 of their own money for the drive. There is even an incentive: all students who fulfil that request will be granted a dress down day next Friday. Anzalone is also asking for students to participate in the drive, and not just have a parent purchase the items for
Donations being sorted in the old cafeteria.
them. “I think, in a lot of cases, in the spirit of Advent, if the students could engage themselves in the actual drive and not just let their parent go out and shop for it, I think it’s really
Retreat week fosters unity, spiritual growth
rewarding, and I hope you are doing something meaningful and worthwhile for someone else,” said Anzalone. Gift wrapping will take place in the Old Cafeteria on Dec. 10 and 11 in the old caf-
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multiple times as retreatants. “We want to make sure that the content and the experience is fresh and new and meaningful for every person even if they’ve been on the Philia retreat two or three other times,” said ACES moderator and math teacher Dan Schuler. Whether it was basketball, student-led talks, or morning yoga led by Spanish teacher Kate Toussaint, many students expressed feeling a sense of brotherhood like never before. “Everyone was super welcoming and very open,” said junior and transfer student George Roby, for whom Philia was his first ever retreat experience. “Coming in as a new student, it was a really great way to meet people and talk about issues we have with social justice.” Another acclaimed retreat week retreat was the Service Learning retreat. The juniors in attendance learned about poverty in America and St. Louis through an online simulation, a film, and real life experience in the city of St. Louis.
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“He had us pretend we were living off food stamps for a week, so we had to plan meals for a whole week,” said Josh Brown. “We only had $149 to do it. We went to local grocery stores.” Many attendees were surprised to discover that food insecurity affects even steadily employed low-wage workers. Handing out care packages to homeless people outside St. Patrick’s center was a highlight of the retreat. Many other juniors fulfilled their retreat requirement through traditional junior retreats. Retreat week boasted two—one hosted at Todhall Retreat Center and another held at the White House Jesuit retreat center. For seniors, a round of Kairos was in order. A devoted student team of seniors who had previously attended Kairos assisted in preparations and led the retreat with faculty members. “There’s a lot of time put into it by the leaders. It’s a very student-led retreat, so it’s very personal,” said Chuck Perry, who helped lead the retreat. “You hear other people’s stories, and that helps you to
be able to open up.” For the first time ever, freshman retreat took only one day. This year marks the inauguration of a new freshman retreat format, which has eliminated the overnight at school. Many essential aspects have remained the same; the theme of the retreat still focused on class bonding and reflection, but how and when they are conducted is new. Small groups of freshmen and seniors still congregated in classrooms for a large portion of the retreat. Seniors decorated their rooms, offering a neat atmosphere for the retreat experience. “I walked in and it was dark, had chairs I would use for camping, and an artificial fireplace, and the room was pretty hype and a lot more fun than expected,” said freshman Denis McDaniel. Other updates to the retreat included a recess, implemented to give both seniors and freshman a chance to let loose and burn off steam. Recess games included steal the bacon, four square, and dodgeball. “We were very happy with the new retreat format.
Although we will review the retreat as a Campus Ministry team as we do every year, our impression was the new format worked extremely well for helping us meet our goals,” said freshman class moderator Tim Curdt via email. Campus Ministry will continue to review the freshman retreat, and see if this is something they want to continue on for the years to come. “The all day is what we are looking to keep next year,” said Curdt. The end marks the beginning of being a freshman time at SLUH. One of the biggest changes freshmen will soon face is the absence of their senior advisors in homeroom every day. “We wanted to offer a chance for a unique class bonding experience, that also allows the senior advisors to say goodbye to the freshmen and the freshmen to say goodbye to the senior advisors in that specific role,” said Curdt.
eteria. The gifts will be loaded up and delivered on Dec. 15. Lots of help will be needed for these undertakings, so any students who can volunteer are encouraged to sign up on X2Vol.
Ring-Ring! SLUH raises over $100,000 at Go Forth Phonathon BY Brad Pike and Ben Kleffner
Students at Freshman Retreat.
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hile most students bundled up to enjoy the snow day that began their Thanksgiving break last Thursday, Nov. 15, the St. Louis U. High community of parents and alumni gathered to celebrate SLUH at a special St. Louis U. High Day Phonathon. The Nov. 15 phonathon was a precursor to SLUH’s online day of giving, which historically takes place on Giving Tuesday, an unofficial national day of giving which took place this year Nov. 27, the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. Phonathons are nothing new to the SLUH community. SLUH has gathered many different classes of alumni together for years for similar fundraising events. However, this past phonathon was more publicized and significant than in years past. “We have done this quietly with a series of phonathons in the past, where an individual class would reach out to their classmates, and we would work with those class leaders,” said Advancement Chief of Staff Sean Agniel. “Whatever night was good with them, we would order some Imo’s and three or four guys would hang out at a table … but it was kind of spread out.” This year, however, Director of Annual Giving John Penilla had a different idea as a way to celebrate the great achievements of SLUH’s 200 years. “It seemed like the perfect time to try one giant phonathon that would include alumni and current parents,” said Penilla. “If there’s only two guys in the room, there’s just not a lot of energy. Even this time we had classes with only a couple people, but because the room is literally full, it feels like there is a lot of excitement,” said Penilla. “The thinking was: Let’s make it a party. It’s something exciting
that we are doing raising money for SLUH, let’s make it an exciting atmosphere.” With student and faculty presentations, ticket giveaways, photos with the Jr. Billiken mascot (represented proudly by junior Tony Lindwedel), and the traditional Imo’s pizza delivery, the night did not disappoint in raising this energy before the main event: calling. Beginning at 6:18 p.m. (18:18 in military time), the volunteers began dialing classmates and other parents to make donations to the school. The money raised on this night will primarily be used for the financial aid of students currently enrolled in the school. “More than 400 students at St. Louis U. High receive direct financial aid,” said Agniel. “Our office enlists the help of the entire SLUH community to find the $4.1 million that will cover their tuition.” The original goal for the two hour phonathon $100,000, but donations came faster than expected, and by the end of the night, nearly $120,000 was raised. Unbeknownst to many, this money does not go into an endowment but rather pays directly for students’ tuition this current year. “Year in, year out, we have to raise as much need as there is … because we do not look at a family’s economic circumstance when somebody applies,” said Agniel. “If you’re qualified, we are promising you that you are going to be here. We are going to make that happen.” The event was a spectacular success, not only raising more than double of the expected donations for this financial aid, but also building excitement for these events in years to come. “There was a good vibe and lots of people there,” said CoChair of Parent Giving Sandy Kleffner. “There was a lot of camaraderie all for a good cause.”
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Students take the stage at all-girls schools; gain new perspective BY Sam Tarter STAFF
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ith the theater audience silent and still, a large howl echoed across Nerinx Hall’s Heagney Theater. St. Louis U. High senior Ethan Schmidt just finished up his performance as The Wolf in Nerinx Hall’s production of Into the Woods, a musical that SLUH will be doing during the winter season. While Schmidt described his time in the play as “life-changing,” it was not his first choice for a show. Having been cut from tryouts for SLUH’s performance of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Schmidt saw the opportunity to perform elsewhere. “As a teenager and a guy who just wants to have fun, I also see the benefit of these other shows at girls schools. I think for guys at those girls schools, they offer other opportunities whenever they don’t make it into the shows at SLUH, that’s what their shows have always been for me,” said Schmidt. While Schmidt saw this musical at Nerinx as a way to perform in another musi-
cal during his final year of high school, he also saw that although there are differences between the theater programs here at SLUH and at Nerinx, the quality of the shows or performances is still superb. Despite having a smaller set design or production level, Schmidt hopes that Nerinx’s performance is not viewed as lesser than what SLUH brings next winter, since raw talent and hard work was brought by all who took part in that play. “We have one of the best theater programs here in St. Louis, but what I learned from Into the Woods at Nerinx was that these girls schools put on some incredible shows,” said Schmidt. “They may not have SLUH’s same production level or have all the same bells and whistles, but they always seem to have that same kind of talent there. I don’t think we should discredit other schools’ musicals when we compare them to ours.” While being cut from a theater production at SLUH is one of the main reasons why SLUH students perform elsewhere, another appealing aspect of theater at all-girls
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schools is a much greater chance for boys to get larger roles. Alum James Pollard ’18 commented on what that experience was like for him. “I felt that at girls schools it was easier to get bigger roles, just because by nature of it the schools struggle to have as many guys, so the competition is just smaller, so you can get bigger roles. We spent more hours on shows at SLUH than I did at Rosati or Nerinx, and I wouldn’t say it’s because the other schools are girls schools, I would attribute it to the fact that SLUH takes theater very seriously,” said Pollard. Like Schmidt, senior Jeff Young is among the other SLUH students who sees theater at girls’ schools appealing. Having just finished being the lead in Notre Dame’s Peter and the Starcatcher, and having been the lead in many of their other musicals, Young also mentioned how the chances of getting a larger role is why he prefers to do theater at Notre Dame. “With SLUH it is a lot more selective. I have only been in one SLUH play, but crossword | Brad Pike, Matthew Thibodeaux, and Jacob Reznikov
I had such a minimal part. I wasn’t even a dancer, I was just a chorus member,” said Young. “Even as I’ve watched other people that I know do SLUH plays, it’s a lot more selective for them than (schools such as) Notre Dame, because Notre Dame has a very small talent pool because there are way fewer people, especially guys.” While some may describe SLUH’s theater as “rigorous” or “highly selective,” students like Schmidt would refer to it as “very professional,” and that is what he thinks brings out the high quality performances in the cast. “The one thing I really like that Mrs. Whitaker does is she knows how to motivate kids to stay in character, both on stage and off stage,” said Schmidt. “Any other girls school you go to, you’re not going to see that there, and that’s the special thing that SLUH does. Whenever your actors are staying in character off-stage, that’s where we get those great performances.” SLUH students coming over to schools such as Notre Dame allows those schools to
diversify their productions, and it gives the schools opportunities to do performances that wouldn’t be possible without guys trying out for their plays. “It’s definitely a really big help because obviously it’s an all-girls school so we don’t have guys there, so whenever any guys come into the play, it does help the cast a lot, especially if we want to do a play with a boy lead,” said Notre Dame junior Jacqueline Lewis. While other male students from other all-boys schools do try out for plays at Notre Dame, SLUH students have been very prevalent over the years, and are a large help and wanted talent for the school. “I think we are pretty grateful for the SLUH guys always coming back to do our shows, because for our school it’s really hard to find guys, and usually it’s the SLUH guys that are always coming back and being able to help us fill those roles that we need to be filled, and they always do a spectacular job with whatever they are given,” said Notre
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Dame senior Moira Healy. Whether it is a play or musical here at SLUH or an all-girls school, both provide students with experiences and friendships that are lifelong, and allow students to learn about and express themselves more than they could anywhere else. “My freshman year I didn’t think I would try out for any musicals, and long story short I did one at Rosati, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made because I made a lot of good friendships with the girls and SLUH guys in that show, and it was a very good social setting for me to be in as a freshman,” said Pollard. “If anyone at SLUH is ever on the fence about doing a musical, I would highly suggest it. I think that is a really valuable experience. Through doing them I learned a lot about myself, a lot about other people, and a lot about the world. I would like to thank Mrs. Whitaker and the entire Theater Department at SLUH for providing me with that opportunity.”
PN Archive: 2014 Snow Storm In honor of the recent snow day, the first in two years, the Prep News reached back to January 2014 when a monstrous snow storm blanketed St. Louis, with some areas recieveing up to 15 inches of snow, prompting two snow days and a late start.
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1. SLUH Hockey’s next victim in tonight’s slaughter at the Barn at 9 3. SLUH’s average score on this test is 30 5. The company behind the masterpiece, Toy Story 9. Prolific Senior Goalie of SLUH Hockey 10. The department that still thinks 7 point quizzes are acceptable 12. Dr. K will catch you if you wear these around your neck the hallway 14. One of Dora’s loyal companions 16. Seasonally Affected Depression 17. Plants give it, humans need it 19. STUCO is selling these “ugly” clothing items for the Christmas Season
22. SLUH has panels of this nature to produce sustainable energy 24. NAAANTS INGONYAMA BAGITHI BABA!!! (The Lion King) 25. Grass and soil held together by its roots or material 26. Classic Christmas Film starring Will Ferrell
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2. Strategy game won by “check-mating” opponent 3. Gateway to the West, Baby! 6. Indiana Jones had to escape from a giant rolling stone after stealing this 7. Your Irish friends most likely are called this because of their hair color 8. Noah brought the animals, 2 by 2, onto this to survive the flood
11. Mr. Powers taught us how to use this properly in FIne Arts Survey 12. Country known for its giant pyramids and sphinx 13. Outstanding broadcasting station of Jr. Billiken sports 14. A highly contagious virus that is now easily prevented by vaccines 15. The head honcho of the Catholic Church 18. People zoom down ___ Hill on a sled in the snow. 20. The seventh king of Israel 21. Stan Kroenke tore this team from our city and our hearts. 22. People zoom down Art Hill on a ____ in the snow 23. “Yo dude, lets go ride some __ scooters in FOPO bro,” said all cool SLUH kids*--
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Rev. Gieger, S.J. celebrating Mass on Friday, Nov. 16.
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learn about SLUH’s history,” said McEnery. One reason for the postponement was the ice and snow, which caused alarm for safety purposes. Director of Security Dan Schulte and Gibbons voyaged downtown to check on walking conditions, but the ground was too slick for the pilgrimage to happen. “There is not a way to do a pilgrimage if we can’t get downtown, and the amount of snow was much higher than was predicted, so we had to (look) at that and also take a look at conditions on the ground,” said Gibbons. Some students thought that it was better to postpone until the spring when the weather would be warmer and better for a walk. “It was an unfortunate decision they had to make. I understand that they want the
day to work well and not have anything interrupting their plans (i.e. weather), and I think it will be a lot more enjoyable in the warm spring,” said senior Dalton Ennis. “I really admire Fr. Gibbons. He did so much work for the thing, and then on kairos, he acted like it was just a little hiccup. Also, I think it’s for the best to do it in spring when it’ll be a little less chilly,” said senior Ben Stringer. The bus situation was another reason for postponing. The plan for the event was to get everyone from SLUH to downtown via buses. The bus company was reluctant to drive the student body because of snow. The majority of the funding for the event was for the buses, the supplies, and the trucker hats. While the latter two will be stored until the April outing, the bus fees were
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a large worry for refunding, but the company, First Students, gave a full refund. “Very little of the cost except for time and energy were not recoverable. For example, the bus company, God bless them, they gave us a complete refund—deposits, everything,” said Gibbons. “We will definitely partner with them, we do already but they were very good assistants with us for the project.” The planning committee has begun discussing the postponement arrangements for April 12 and the events for that day. “A great classic joke is ‘how do you make God laugh?’ and the answer is you make a plan. With something like that, you look at the bigger picture,” said Gibbons. “We can reschedule an event. We cannot undo a disastrous situation, especially tied to our bicentennial.”
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eryone, from athletes to eggnog lovers. “My favorite event is probably the eggnog chug because I will be participating in the eggnog chug,” said Student Body President and competitive eater Thomas Molen. The second and central week of the event begins with perhaps the biggest event on the roster, a Winter sports pep rally. The rally was inspired by the success and spirit generated by the Fall pep rally, and STUCO hopes to bring even more energy and entertainment into this one. “The winter sports pep rally will probably be the most liked event because it will be the one that the most people will be able to participate in. It should be fun,” said Molen. The event continues with a White Elephant on Tuesday, in which students bring in gifts to add to a pile from which they draw a mystery gift of their choosing. Throughout the weeks, a Pastoral-teamsponsored SLUHber morning escort service will save paying students the long walk up from the parking lot. Thursday brings a sugar cookie
decorating party during AP, and the week concludes with the classic Teacher Karaoke, sponsored by NHS, as well as a Christmas sweater themed dress down day. The extravaganza concludes exam week, with Coffee-and-Christmas-Clubsponsored hot cocoa before school Monday, movies after school Tuesday and Wednesday, and the Silent Night game, the event’s peak, on Thursday. 12 Days of Christmas is not just limited to the headline events of each day; STUCO also will be spreading Christmas cheer in other small ways. At lunch each day, STUCO will be playing a Christmas movie or Christmas music, and they will be decorating parts of the school as well. STUCO anticipates that students will embrace the event and hearts will be warmed as the school nears Christmas break. “I’m excited to see how the spirit of the school increases because of not only the season, but also because of people buying into the activities,” said Mueller. The event marks a new STUCO emphasis on Christmas that partly results from
Christmas Club co-founders Sam Guillemette and Thomas Molen serving as head officers of STUCO. The two believe in bringing Christmas cheer to the school as a way to build spirit and lessen the stress of high school life. They hope to bring that same attitude to the work of STUCO. “I’m ecstatically excited because, as vice president of the Christmas Club here at the U. High and the co-founder of it, I am very proud to implement some Christmas cheer into our STUCO mission this year,” said Molen. 12 Days of Christmas hopefully will bring at least a little holiday cheer to everyone from Buddy the Elfs to Grinches, as well as offer the school a way to come together in mutual celebration of all that the holiday season has to offer. “I think it gives the guys who are really excited about it an opportunity to express themselves and also for the kids who, Christmas isn’t a really big deal for their family, for them to express their love for Christmas as well,” said Mueller.
paign, Go Forth remained in a quiet phase until a certain percentage of money was raised: for SLUH, 70 percent, or $49 million. SLUH stood at nearly 75 percent raised, or $52 million, by the night of the Gala. With gratitude in mind, SLUH opened its doors—the Oakland Avenue doors to be specific—to around 240 early Go Forth benefactors and allowed them to join the festivities, which included a cocktail hour, dinner, and many blue lights. As a contrast to the damp, dark weather, SLUH’s inside was warm and welcoming. Arriving to valet service on Oakland Avenue and entering through the 1924 school entrance, benefactors were welcomed to hallways decked out in cur-
paign Coordinator Beth Chipley. “(The alumni were used) to show diversity in all ways. Diversity in what we’re used to defining it as, but also diversity in their career paths and great success from boys who were here on full scholarship.” After a brief welcome and introduction, the tour began. Closed doors, curtains, and cocktail bars created the snaking tour through campus with soon-to-be and newly renovated spaces—the chapel, central corridor, old cafeteria, Robinson Library, and innovation lab—serving as pit stops where benefactors could see computergenerated graphics of the renovations and learn about the associated programs. “We used (the) stops during this walking cocktail
Senior Antwine Willis conversing with an alumni.
tains, lights, and images of the SLUH to come. Jazz by Milo and the Syndicate accompanied donors as they made their way through the school building. “We tried to make the campus feel like it still looked and felt like SLUH, but also so that people had the sense that they were in a liminal space—that they are in between SLUH as it has been for at least the last hundred years and what SLUH will become in the 21st century, our third century,” said Agniel. “And so we wanted people to feel like they were on the cusp of something new and something different because we need their help to do it.” Upon arrival, benefactors were greeted with lanyards, but unlike students, they didn’t complain. On the back of each lanyard was one of 18 notable SLUH alumni. At certain points throughout the night, each benefactor would learn about his or her alum and have the opportunity to experience SLUH through his eyes. “We had to explain to people who that other person was on their nametag and that was key. They had to know what they were holding there,” said Cam-
hour to talk about our vision for what Jesuit education should look like in the 21st century and how we’re going to get there,” said Agniel. Each stop included faculty who provided information about the renovations. President’s Ambassadors were stationed throughout the building as guides. “One thing I love and have always noticed is that alumni from here always make a beeline for students,” said Chipley. “They bypass us. They know us as staff and make a beeline for students and I think that is cool.” The tour ended in the Commons, where benefactors were greeted by a dinner and dessert prepared by Food Service Consultants. During dinner, a program emceed by senior Paul Gillam and presented by Principal Ian Gibbons, S.J., President Alan Carruthers, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Tom Santel, ’76, and board member John Schneider, ’70 outlined Go Forth and what it hopes to accomplish. At the end of the night, Carruthers welcomed 18 current students to the stage as a complement to the 18 alumni whom the donors had been learning about.
According to Carruthers, the 18 alumni and 18 students were an opportunity “to live SLUH through the eyes of the multi-generational reality of current or past students.” “We tend to forget that all our alums were 14 year olds at one point,” said Carruthers. “They all went through that period of transition into this school. They all went into that period of figuring out all those academic needs and social needs and still being a teenager. They all went through the point of ‘well what do I do next?’ So to do that through their eyes, you recognize there is this common thread that ties the guys who were in the class of ’44 with the guys in the class of ’94 with the guys in the class of ’24. A lot has changed but a
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lot has stayed the same and every person who comes through here has their own individual story.” Before Varsity Chorus closed with a song, “For the Greater Glory of God,” written for Imagining 18 by Sam Krauz, ’13, Carruthers reinforced the idea that each SLUH community member is equally important in the mission and future of SLUH. He then commissioned those present to be stewards of SLUH and to invest in its future, specifically its students. “(SLUH) exists honestly because of collective effort that has accumulated and built on itself over 200 years and this was just another stage of that,” said Carruthers. “I think this is very important to know that I wasn’t up there as president at SLU High, I was up there speaking on behalf of the young men that were standing behind me. That was the point… I was commissioning all those people that were standing and listening to work on behalf of those guys or those who will follow.”
Basketball opens season with loss Claggett honored by former team McCluer
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first dual meet of the year. Varsity received promising results, but due to several byes, they were unable to beat the Wildcats. “It was a good match for some of us. We had a couple guys who didn’t wrestle varsity last year who are pretty new but they did well. It was a good learning experience,” said senior captain Jake Pineda. “It wasn’t really a matter
he wrestling season is back for St. Louis U. High, and the team hopes for more successes this season. After long grueling hours practicing early in the morning in the preseason, the wrestlers were ready to tackle the season. This past Tuesday, the wrestlers competed against Hazelwood West to show off what they had been working on all preseason. Through the first semester, tired wrestlers wandered into the dimly lit weight room as they prepared to get an early jump on the season. The newest addition to the coaching staff, ASC English teacher Peter Lucier, took the role of guiding and instructing wrestlers through the 6 a.m. preseason workouts throughout the first and second quarters. “I wanted to offer wrestlers and other students the opportunity to experience the joys of getting up before dawn, and, bleary-eyed, dragging their tired butts into a weight room, blasting some T-Swift, and chasing a pump. It wasn’t formal or mandatory—just opened up the weight room and let students know they were welcome to From left: sophomore Bobby Conroy, seniors Jake Pineda, John join,” said Peter Lucier. “I’m Murphy, and Zack Bievenue.
crowd screaming for McCluer from the start, the ew year, new team, home team captured all of same goal—a District the momentum from the Championship. The St. Lou- first minute. is U. High varsity basketA 3-pointer from Nick ball team started its regular Lang and a nasty step-back season this past Tuesday at from junior Wes Gould kept McCluer High School. The the Bills in the game 11-8 team is full of new faces this after the first quarter, but year following the gradu- the missed shots by SLUH ation of six seniors. This started to add up and the year’s team includes three score began to slip away. freshmen, three sophoAt the half, McCluer mores, three juniors, and took off on offense and exfive seniors. With so many tended their lead to 34-16, young faces on the team, dominating on all parts of varsity head coach Erwin the court. Claggett is eyeing a season SLUH came out at the of teachable moments that half full of aggression on destarted with Tuesday’s open- fense, but their offense fell er at McCluer. short and only managed six Claggett coached bas- points in the third quarter, ketball at McCluer for nine and ten in the fourth. years and was honored preEvery player on the game for his outstanding re- bench played in the game by cord at the school: 168-60. It the third quarter. SLUH fell was a great moment shared 62-32 in the season opener by Claggett and his former with a poor showing on team as he received his com- both sides of the ball. memorative jersey. “We had a lot of nerves. The season kicked off at We did not play to our best. 5:30 with tipoff. The starting We need to communicate lineup included freshmen as a team and as a captain Luke Johnston and Nick I reach out to players all of Kramer, junior DeMarcus the time just to check in and Bond, and seniors Christian help them with what they Wallace-Hughes and Nick can do as an individual,” Lang. All five of the start- said Wallace-Hughes. ers Tuesday night were first “We let the moment of time varsity starters. the first game get to us and BY Blake Obert STAFF The jump ball was we acted as the deer in the won by Wallace-Hughes, headlights. After the first he undefeated Jr. Bills and with a quick pass, Nick quarter, it just kind of snowhockey team continued to Kramer gave up a turnover balled,” said Claggett. dominate this week with wins and committed an early SLUH will play their against Kirkwood, Vianney, shooting foul. With the continued on page 7 De Smet, and Fort Zumwalt South. The boys were buzzing this week with a strong showing on both the offensive and defensive side of the ice, and seem to be only on the up and up as many new players have gained experience and many returning players have sharpened their play. The Jr. Bills started their week with a challenging home match against the Kirkwood Pioneers at the Affton Ice Rink. Despite missing many players, the Jr. Bills were not intimidated by the Pioneers. The game started slow, and possession switched frequently. This lasted for the first ten minutes of the game, until the Kirkwood offense managed to slip a shot in and take a 1-0 lead. The Jr. Bills did not let the Pioneers enjoy their lead for long, as junior Nolan Meyer scored in front of the net to tie the game up with five minutes left, a score which would last until the end of the first period. Coach Claggett receiving his McCleur award. “We needed to focus on photo | courtesy of @CoachClagg13 sticking to the basics,” said
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hoping the extra work pays off for our wrestlers this season. Some of them made very impressive strength gains, and saw a tremendous increase in their mobility and agility as well. The practices started on Oct. 29, and after four weeks of preseason practice, the boys were eager to compete against Hazelwood West on Tuesday, Nov. 27 for their
of us focusing on winning the duals. It was a matter of us focusing to get better as we knew we had a lot of open spots, especially in the lower weight class because we don’t have a lower weight class. It was more of a learning experience and a point of getting better.” A newcomer to the SLUH wrestling program,
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Meyer. “Getting the puck out of the zone, starting with defense then putting the puck in the net.” The Jr. Bills came into the second period firing. After senior Andrew Chabloz deflected the puck in within the first two minutes, SLUH began to take control of the game and retained the puck for most of the second. But a few opportunities for each team led to no result and the score remained 2-1 until the end of the second. The third period started with another early goal off a power play ripper from junior Alex Beville, making the score 3-1. The game was not over yet though, as with ten minutes left Kirkwood struck back to cut the Jr. Bills’ lead to just one. Tension only rose as SLUH managed to stop the Pioneers time and time again, and then peaked when two SLUH players ended up in the penalty box, giving Kirkwood a 5-on-3 advantage with little time left. Despite the Pioneers’ advantage, the Jr. Bills defense came up clutch and SLUH came away with a 3-2 win. “The Kirkwood game was huge for us,” said coach Jack Behan. “We had so many
missing players and they were at 100 percent. It was a great challenge that we figured out how to sneak out of there with a win. I have to say that our seventh man, our great fans, made the difference. Our guys rode their energy!” The Jr. Bills continued the week with a game against MCC rival Vianney. SLUH came out swinging right away with goals from freshman Gus Heithaus and senior Gabe Schwartz to take an early lead. “We were missing a lot of guys,” said Schwartz. “Our plan was to keep it simple,
get pucks deep, and just work hard, good things come from that.” The puck was constantly switching hands and both teams saw many opportunities throughout the rest of the game. Vianney managed to hit the twine in the second, but SLUH’s defense and senior goalie Dylan Bak kept Vianney scoreless for the rest of the game, and Bak finished with 16 saves. SLUH’s offense proceed to put the game away with a goal from junior Jack Hazelton to secure the win.
Senior Justin Jacoby against De Smet.
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ne summer morning, in the stuffy, chlorinated basement of Forest Park Community College, the St. Louis U. High swim and dive team gathered around a simple white cardboard sign that spelled out the seven team goals for the season: be a student of the sport, go undefeated in dual meets, be the loudest team on deck, be top three at all Invitationals, be Varsity and JV MCC Champions, earn 17 State Qualifiers, and be State Champions. These goals, the fruits of several weeks of debate between head coach Lindsey Ehret and senior captains Joe Feder, Daniel Fink, Will Slatin, and Jarrett Schneider, were certain to push the team to higher levels of performance than in previous years, but the team leaders believed that they would motivate the team to succeed where the 2017 team had fallen short. “At the beginning of the season, I thought that some of the goals were a bit lofty, and I was concerned about all of the seniors we lost last year,” said Slatin. “But I think that the whole time, we all knew that this was a super goosing speedy team, and it was going to be the super goosing speedy year for SLUH.” Many other swimmers shared similar hesitancies, but to counter these feelings, Ehret decided to have each athlete sign the poster, committing them to achieving those goals over the course of the season. “It makes everyone feel like they contribute to our goals,” said Ehret. “Regardless of speed, they can contribute by making us the loudest team on deck, by learning something new about the sport, and by becoming JV and Varsity MCC Champions. Everybody has a role to play in this intensely individual sport.” But as the first practices of early August passed, it became clear that the goals would not come without work. “I thought we were a little complacent the first few weeks,” said Schneider. “We were work-
ing hard, but I thought we could work harder.” A lack of oxygen, fluctuating pool temperatures, and out-of-shape athletes made consistency difficult early in the season, as many swimmers were unable to finish Ehret’s agonizing sets due to sheer exhaustion, coughing fits, and muscle cramps. “My abs really hurt,” said freshman Ned Mehmeti. The Jr. Bills were resilient though, pushing through a month of monotonous practices to their first dual meets where they beat Francis Howell Central 135-49, and splashed out rival CBC 111-74 in their the closest meet of the season. The JV Squad had its first opportunity to show off their new swimming abilities early on as well at the Ladue Invitational. This meet saw SLUH’s freshmen and sophomores swimming against the varsity teams of other area schools, and they rose to the challenge, finishing eighth out of the 12 teams. Due to an incredibly large roster of 50 athletes this year— more than SLUH swimming and diving has ever had—the JV swimmers were unable to compete as much as in previous years. However, this lack of competition led to the building of strong team camaraderie. “The team is a very tight knit group of good friends,” said freshman Eric Piening. “The joy and humor within the group was infectious, though it wasn’t necessarily from the swimming.” The week after the Ladue Invite, the U. High entered into the meaty part of their season, as each of the next four weekends would be dominated by an Invitational, with dual meets peppered throughout the weeks. After a redemptive win at Marquette Relays during the first of these weeks—the 2017 team took third due to two controversial disqualifications—the team swam off like a school of whales migrating north to New Zealand for the winter. They easily held off their opponents at the DeSmet and Lindbergh
Swimmers celebrating their state victory.
Invitationals, but the first glimmer of for a State Title appeared on Oct. 6, when the underdog Jr. Bills took first at the CoMo Invitational, a meet that draws the best teams from across the state, including the 2017 Class 2 Champions, Rock Bridge. “The thing that solidified my confidence (in our goal to win state) was the CoMo win,” said Slatin. Perhaps more impressive than the win itself was the fact that the team was able to find such success without placing first in a single individual or relay event. Although the swimmers performed beyond their expectations, CoMo was ultimately won by the divers. Juniors Gabe and Max Manalang, sophomore Owen Cooney, and freshman Sebastian Lawrence each dove spectacularly to secure the final points needed for the victory. The dive team, which can seem like a separate entity from the swim team, had the unique problem of an overcrowded diving well. With six divers, they possessed mass amounts of energy, which head diving coach Brenndan LeBrun countered by creating two separate diving periods, dividing the squad into groups of three. “We never had a not-fun practice,” said Cooney. “Most of our practices involved someone belly flopping and us watching it again on the camera. We all love diving, so it made for an awesome atmosphere.” As the team came down from the high of the CoMo victory and headed into the final month of the season, nature itself had a final curveball to throw. Unstable chlorine levels and an unwashed pool deck contributed to the spread of a new strain of the FoPo flu, coupled with debilitating shoulder injuries, two hospital visits, and too many cases of Swimmer’s Ear to count brought an unprecedented number of absences from practice, culminating in a canceled Saturday morning practice two weeks before state. “We need a new pool,” said
Cross country looks back on renewal of program in second place season
The cross country team at state. BY Justin Koesterer SPORTS EDITOR
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eniors Chris Staley, Patrick Hetlage, and Reed Milnor stood in front of their cross country and track teammates last January at a small gathering of the program’s best and most committed runners at head coach Joe Porter’s house, where the three spelled out their plan for the upcoming season, aptly named “The Podium Project.” This title came on the heels of the program’s uncharacteristically low-placed finishes at the previous three state meets: 11th, 10th, and 10th in a sport where SLUH has all but become a household name in terms of podium finishes. Before that stretch, the Jr. Bills had accumulated nine podium finishes in ten years. The emergence of Lucas Rackers during the 2018 track and field season proved to be a critical addition to a squad which lost senior Paul Burka, the lone SLUH 2017 All-State finisher. While Rackers did fill Burka’s shoes and even exceeded expectations, it didn’t come as a surprise. The Rackers family has produced great runners, the most well-known around the cross country community being Tim Rackers, ‘12, who is now ranked top-15 in the country in the 5K run. continued on page 7 “We saw Lucas Rackers really come out of his shell at that point, become a great runner during track. The seeds had already been planted all the way back in January, and then we went to Brashear and we talked about a little more the specifics about what it should take, and we focused on ourselves. We can’t control what other teams do, but what we can control is how we train, how we mentally approach things, and how ‘I’m not nervous, I’m excited,’” said Porter. Although the seeds had in fact been planted back in January, the idea of cross country being ‘the process’ is what drove those seeds to bear fruit ten months later in November. At Brashears, Mo. in a weeklong camp for a select group of the best runners in the program, they started to better realize where their mission would ultimately take them, and the sacriphoto | Mr. Brian Tremml fice it would take to accomplish
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those goals. It wasn’t just the seven varsity runners, either. The Jr. Bills found it necessary for support from teammates all around the program. “Personally, it’s something that just makes you want to race better. It makes you want to do better, whether it’s on a daily kind of thing. I had some freshmen call me out one time because I was feeling lazy and I didn’t want to do my last stride, and they noticed that I was going to do it, and they called me out on it. It’s kind of embarrassing to be called out by a freshman; I mean, if I’m a senior and a captain that should be happening. But at the same time the support by the team to hold you to your standards, to hold everybody to doing their stretches, doing their workouts, doing their running, and holding them to trying to race competitively, trying to do better each week that they get a new opportunity. That’s going to help make it easier to race hard, that’s going to make it easier to train hard, to do better and improve because you’re going to have a whole community backing you,” said Hetlage. Additionally, at the annual camp, the leaders made a big poster which was eventually hung on the cross country wall just outside the locker room, a telling reminder of daily, weekly, and season-long goals. Daily goals included running in groups, running cool down, signing in with their morning pulse, and cheering on teammates after workouts. Weekly goals stated were to go to Friday morning Mass (for those who were able), to run with a friend on Sundays, typically their day off, and to stay at the racing tent until it was taken down. These smaller goals were cornerstones to their top goals: being a top four team at state, being the best JV team in the state, communicating with the coaches, and maintaining good hydration and nutrition throughout the season. “One way you can look at it is, when you look at the season goals, there’s little things each day that get overlooked that are crucial to those goals. So I kind of see it as each little subcategory of goals builds up to the big goals. If we say we want to have the fastest JV in the state
this year, if you skip out on doing the daily goals of stretching, getting all your strides in, getting your work done, getting your cool down in, you aren’t going to improve enough to get to that finishing place,” said Hetlage. There’s an old saying that goes something like, “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” An extremely vital component to varsity success was the runners’ resiliency and stubbornness in fighting injuries and bouncing back from illness. One quintessential example of the stubbornness in fighting off injuries was senior captain Chris Staley. “Chris had been absolutely beat up through the season, and Chris wasn’t really able to do a workout all the way through three or four weeks there towards the end. We tried to rest him as much as we could. His volume dropped, he spent a lot of time on the bike trying to keep his fitness where it was because we knew that if we could get him to the line decently healthy he’ll race extremely well, and sure enough, he was our fourth guy at the state meet,” said Porter. The revitalization of junior Adam Mittendorf towards the end of the season also helped the team to its second place finish. His tale of sacrifice and perseverance paid dividends by the time the state meet rolled around. Mittendorf, who ran last on July 21, suffered a stress fracture which set him back almost two months before he joined his varsity teammates on the line. During his recovery period, Mittendorf spent over an hour each day in a pool. Whether it was at the YMCA, assistant coach Tom Flanagan’s pool, or even at his grandmother’s house, Mittendorf simulated each day’s run or workout, somehow maintaining his fitness level until being able to race in the field again, eventually being the ever important five-man at the state meet. “A lot of it was not really exciting. I trained by myself nearly the whole season. But what kept me motivated was all the other guys were doing what they needed to do to run fast, and that I needed to do the
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Slatin. This chaos was the backdrop for freshman Connor Buehring’s rise from JV to varsity. “The craziness sort of climaxed when the pool turned green,” said Buehring, who won the “Man for Others” award at the team banquet for stepping up when he was called out of his comfort zone. His award was a kick board signed by each of his teammates. “(varsity) was really hard, but after a week or so, I got acclimated.” Despite all of these obstacles, the team found the grit to succeed at the end of the season, something that was made clear by both JV and varsity success at the MICDS Invitational, also known as the “Last Chance Meet.” The meet saw several big time drops, but the standout race of the evening was sophomore Eli Butters’ state qualifying 50 and 100 freestyle, where the team lined the pool, screaming him to his first state cuts—and proving that the U. High was the loudest team on deck. After an easy win at the
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JV Conference Championship and a casual seven-peat for the varsity at the MCC Championships, it was finally time to gear up for state, for which the Jr. Bills had amassed 18 state qualifiers. “It was our last hurrah,” said Fink. “We only had one shot, and we all needed to step the flip up.” Unfortunately, the preliminary round of competition did not see every swimmer stepping the flip up, and the swimmers’ nerves skyrocketed as they headed home to rest up for finals the next morning. But, largely thanks to big performances by the divers, the Jr. Bills were still in a position to take home the title, and it came down to the 400 freestyle relay, just as it had the previous year. Instead of coming out of the pool in tears, though, the team of Feder, Fink, Slatin, and freshman standout Cooper Scharff stepped onto the first place podium hugging and smiling as State Champions and record holders. A major portion of the team’s success this year came from freshmen, something that is abnormal in a sport that
is based on strength and size. The U. High brought an alltime-high four freshman to the state meet with Lawrence finishing ninth in diving, Scharff upsetting seniors in the 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley, Mehmeti dropping five seconds in the 500 freestyle, and Jonas Hostetler getting touched out of finals in the 100 butterfly. All together, they raked in 45 of SLUH’s 250 points. But in swimming, a sport that is greatly influenced by endurance and muscle memory, the cliche “next season starts today” is especially relevant, and the team has already begun thinking about the 2019 season. “I’m already excited about next season,” said Ehret. “It takes the guys stepping up and swimming in the off season. I only have three months with these boys. The other nine are up to them.” “(SLUH swimming) is going to motivate me in the off season,” said Scharff. “I used to be swimming just for myself, but now I’ll be swimming for the whole team.”
Rivalries and tough early matchups do not New stop hockey varsity and (continued from page 5) To end the busy week, successful After the Jr. Bills’ win the Jr. Bills headed to St. Peover Vianney, it was time to ters Rec Plex to take on Fort take on Jesuit rival De Smet Zumwalt South. Once again, young at the Queeny Ice Rink. The SLUH scored early in the peSLUH offense struck ear- riod, this time on a one-timer teams show ly with a goal from junior by Pawlow to make the score Bob Lockwood, and control 1-0. Both teams had oppor- promise for seemed to be theirs, until De tunities, but the rest of the peSmet came back with a power riod remained scoreless and wrestling play goal, making a the score SLUH went into the second 1-1, a score that would last until the end of the first. The second period started with more back and forth action between the two teams and saw a few opportunities from both teams, but neither team able to put the puck in the net. That is until senior Nathan Pawlow put the puck away to give the Jr. Bills a 2-1 lead. From that point, the second period was very physical and neither team managed to beat the other’s defense. “Big rivalry games like De Smet always brings out the competitive juices,” said Behan. “We just emphasized playing disciplined and within our system.” The third period started off with a bang after a goal close to the crease was scored by senior Gabriel Schwartz making the score 3-1. From then on the Jr. Bills seemed to play defensively, but it did not stop junior Jack Hazelton from securing the game with another goal late in the third. “We were pretty hyped,” said Hazelton. “It was big for us because it was who we played in the Challenge Cup last year, it also gave us an opportunity to show that we weren’t light like a lot of people thought we’d be.”
period with the lead. The Jr. Bills came into the second ready to rock and managed to put away three goals in the period, scored by Schwartz, Hazelton, and Beville and giving them a confident lead. SLUH controlled the puck and out-played Zumwalt South through the second, only allowing one shot from the Zumwalt offense. The Jr. Bills scored twice more in the third on goals by Beville and junior Tyler Lindhorst. Bak made seven saves and the defense let up no shots on goal in the third. “As a team we have a good attitude,” said Schwartz. “Everyone buys in and works hard, everyone has their role and they understand that, which is important.” The Jr. Bills face CBC tonight, and look to defeat the state contender and rival in one of the biggest games of the year, and then come back Saturday to play Chaminade in yet another MCC rival matchup “CBC is favored to win it all this year and our guys are trying to defend our title,” said Behan. “It’s going to be a challenging but exciting weekend.”
Underclassmen Briefs B Team Hockey (1-0-0) 11/18-Chaminade SLUH: 3 2 2 F: 7 Chaminade B: 1 1 1 F: 3 Goals: Jackson Liebrock (1), William Laub (2), Zachary Urschier (1), Nicholas Lyons (1), Benjamin Bruen (1), Niko Nadreau (1) JV Hockey (3-0-2) 11/13-Kirkwood SLUH: 0 0 1 F: 1 Kirkwood: 0 0 0 F: 0 Preston Johnson (1 goal) 11/18-Seckman SLUH: 4 1 1 F: 6 Seckman: 0 1 0 F: 1 Benjamin Winkleman (1 goal) Carson Massie (2 goals) Joey Perotti (1 goal) John Loretta (1 goal) Abe Lieberman (1 goal)
11/25-CBC SLUH: 100 F:1 CBC: 010 F: 1 Gustav Winter (1 goal) C Basketball Team (White) 11/28-Lutheran St. Charles SLUH: 17 17 F: 34 Lutheran St. Charles: 12 19 F: 31 Chris Brooks Jr. (12 points) Joe Weiss (6 points and 12 rebounds) C Basketball Team (Blue) 11/27-Mehlville SLUH: 00 F: 44 Mehlville: 0 0 F: 40 Gus Tettamble (19 points) Jack Christanell (clutch free throws in OT) B Team Basketball 11/27-McCluer SLUH: 0 0 F: 38 McCluer: 0 0 F: 41 —compiled by Jared Thornberry
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Senior Henry Wagner against Vianney.
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senior Trey Saleeby, captured the crowd’s attention Wednesday night when he ended a hard fought and exciting match with a pin, as he earned his first varsity win of the season. Pineda and sophomore Bobby Conroy joined Saleeby in scoring their first wins of the season. “Trey’s wrestled before, but he wrestled freestyle,” said senior captain John Murphy. “It’s very different from what he wrestled, but he did a very good job of not giving up and continuing to attack, attack, attack, and eventually he got the pin, and we were all really proud of him.” The C and JV teams had several highlights, including wins by returning wrestler junior Austin Bievenue and several freshmen. “The freshmen had a great debut. Despite the nerves that usually accompany a first match, they went out and wrestled aggressively. We had a lot of great wins and pins. Even the wrestlers that did not win their matches wrestled with grit and intensity,” said freshman coach Sean O’Brien. “After the match I was even more excited for the season.” The Jr. Bills look to continue their successful start and are excited to showcase their skills against several other teams in the area at the Parkway South Patriot Classic Tournament tonight and tomorrow. “Our plan is to just go out there and wrestle your match and really control the pace. That’s what we’ve been working on—controlling it and making it your match and don’t let the other person breathe,” said Murphy.
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next two at Blue Springs High School in Kansas City for a tournament Dec. 6 and 7. As for now, they look to fix their mistakes and seek insight and improvement to redeem themselves in the tournament. “We just need to focus on us for this tournament,” said Claggett. “I really haven’t been giving anything else any thought. We need to gain confidence as of what we do as a unit and go from there.” art | Jack Colvin
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same,” said Mittendorf. “It was a good interchangeable group. It’s a rare thing. I don’t like when guys get settled in. As races go, they feel like they can’t pass their teammates or anything like that. I felt like this group was really good at working together, whether in races, workouts, that they could pick up and build off of each other. If someone wasn’t having a better day and faded, and another teammate comes up to them and catches them, they can work together and finish together,” said Porter. The team also had lots of racing experience, with the varsity having six returning runners out of the seven spots. The spot was filled part of the season by freshman Grant Brawley
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Adopt a Family AP Junior Class Mass Snack—Chicken Rings and then by junior Joe Cal- that was pretty indicative race as if you’re fine because Lunch Special—Country Fried Steak lahan, who stayed in the of their fitness level. They you practice every day run- Vegetarian—Fish Casserole spot the remainder of the season. Besides runners battling through injuries and getting through the nitty gritty goals of each day, week, and meet, when it came to the race itself, the squad’s experience kept them reserved, not panicking in the big race situations. “It was more about how we approached big meets,” said Porter. “We saw that with the Forest Park meet which was obviously a big meet. We traveled to Palatine and getting fourth was only the second time in school history we’ve been in the top five of that meet. They were in bigger pressure situations and responded with the result
didn’t panic when things went on in races like that,” said Porter. And sure enough, they didn’t panic at the state meet, despite running a not particularly satisfying sectional race. The second place finish has returned the program to what it had become known as over the past few decades, a dominant force in Missouri cross country. It highlighted the sacrifice it required of the runners to achieve this goal. “In running, you just kind of have to know that when you’re sick, when you’re beat up, you have to know that there’s bound to be another runner in that race who’s feeling the same way and you just have to
ning the same aerobic pace that you’ve run all season. … And if you can practice every day with that you should know that you have the strength to go race with the same thing,” said Hetlage. Now there is a new year ahead, and it is up to the next class of runners to uphold the tradition of excellence set by decades of past runners. Fortunately, SLUH has lots of depth this year, and for the year going forward. The JV squad won the majority of its meets, achieving what the “Be the best JV team in the state.” And despite the varsity team losing three seniors in Staley, Hetlage, and Milnor, the will be determined to take on the new season.
No Shave November Champion The editors of the Prep News, after rigorous debate, have chosen a Prep News No Shave November champion. Friendships were lost, hands were thrown, and a coup was threatened. But in the end, an unpeaceful and debated conclusion was reached. The Prep News is grateful to our three contestants and their beautiful handsome facial hair. We have chosen Max Wilson to be
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Regular Schedule
Adopt-A-Family AP NIE Meeting Jazz Rehearsal Snack—Mini Corn Dogs Lunch Special—Chick-Fil-A Vegetarian—Fish B Basketball @ Northwest Tournament
Tuesday, December Adopt-A-Family Advent Confessions Giving SLUHSday AP Freshman Class Elections Senior Graduation Orders Snack—Mini Tacos Lunch Special—Chinese Vegetarian—Penne Pasta 7:00PM Jazz Concert
Regular Schedule
Wednesday, December 5
Late Start Schedule Adopt-A-Family Advent Confessions Lunch Special—Spicy Chicken Breast Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger 3:15PM Choir Dress Rehearsal 4:00PM V 1 Racquetball vs Chaminade 5:00PM C/JV/V Wrestling @ Hillsboro
Thursday, December 6
our champion. Congratulations Max!
Max Wilson ’19 Mr. Bradley Mueller
Regular Schedule
Nick Storer ’21
Regular Schedule Adopt-A-Family Advent Confessions AP Fine Arts Survey Recital Snack—Pizza Stick Lunch Special—Papa John’s Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese 3:30PM JV1-1 Racquetball vs Vianney JV2-1 racquetball vs Vianney 4:15PM Blue C Basketball vs Hazelwood Central 6:30PM Awake My Soul
Friday, December 7
Regular Schedule
Adopt-A-Family Advent Confessions F/C 1st Friday Mass AP Freshman Class Mass Lunch Special—Chicken Rings Vegetarian—Garden Burger 3:30PM JV2-2 Racquetball vs Lindbergh JV1-2 Racquetball vs Lindbergh V 2 Racquetball vs Lindbergh
calendar | Ben Klevorn
Poetry Out Loud
Prep News Volume 83, Issue 13 Editor in Chief Paul “The Troubles” Gillam
Credits “How do you procrastinate?”
Ben “Read Jack Schweizer Art Director Articles” Klevorn Darion “Draw Stuff ” Mullins Staff News Editors Peter “Sit with my Staff Artists Handley “The Troubles” Thoughts” Campbell Jackson “Make Cartoons” Hicks Joe “Swim” Feder DuCharme Liam “The Troubles” Nick “Twiddle his Harrison “Kahoot” Petty John Thumbs” Prainito Jack “Play Mario Kart” Matthew “Look at Cat Colvin Sports Editors Memes” Thibodeau Chris “The Troubles” Jimmy “Go to Rams Staff Photographer Staley Games” Stanley Louis “Have Existential Justin “The Troubles” Blake “Chase Clout” Crises” Barnes Koesterer Obert Johno “Rooster” Jackson Reporters Core Staff Sam “Go to Concerts” Ben “Make Beats” KlefThom “Eat Sushi” Molen Tarter fner Brad “Pray” Pike Sam “Listen to Oxnard”
Guillemette Nicholas “Complain” Dalaviras Carter “Compost” Fortman Jared “Play on my Brand New iPad!“ Thornberry Leo “Wrassle” Wagner Advisor Mr. Peter “Live in the Shadow of Mr. Seaton” Lucier Mr. Justin “Outperform Mr. Lucier” Seaton Moderator Mr. Steve “Go to Comet Coffee” Missey
Junior Fitz Cain.
photo | Miguel Cadiz
1st Place: Fitz Cain 2nd Place: Michael Drabelle 3rd Place: Andrew Normington